Late Goal Lifts Legacy to Controversial Win over Faith Lutheran, 14-13
Junior attackman Ryan Hanners finished with a game-high nine points on two goals and seven assists, and junior middie Jamie McNally scored the go-ahead goal with 1:15 remaining, to lead Legacy to a 14-13 victory over Faith Lutheran in a controversial Las Vegas Lacrosse League game Tuesday night.Junior middie Hayden Dixon added seven points on five goals and two assists, junior attackman Chris Forte scored three goals and McNally registered three points on two goals and an assist to help Legacy improve to 11-2. Freshman attackman Nick Forte and junior attackman Jesse Buck scored single goals for Legacy, which erased a five-goal halftime deficit.Faith Lutheran led 5-3 at the end of the first quarter, 8-3 at halftime and 10-9 going into the fourth quarter. With the game tied, 13-13, McNally took a feed from Dixon and buried a shot from 12 yards out to put Legacy ahead to stay. Legacy won the ensuing face-off and ran out the clock.Legacy has now won three straight since losing 18-9 to Faith Lutheran seven days ago. The difference this week: Penalties. There were 28 penalties called in the game, and 24 of them were whistled against Faith Lutheran."The referees didn't put the ball in the net. Our guys did," Legacy Coach Dan Coronel said. "They were outplayed. My decision to put Trevor Harrison on Madison Fiore to take him out of the game worked brilliantly, because he was ineffective in the second half."In a losing effort, Fiore finished with six points on four goals and two assists, and sophomore attackman Mike Quinn had six points on five goals and one assist for Faith Lutheran (9-2), which had its nine-game winning streak snapped. Senior attackman Garrett Sherwood finished with three points on a goal and two assists, senior middie Mike Fildes scored twice and senior middie Chris Fildes scored once."A loss is a loss, no matter how you lose it, but 24 penalties against four is unfortunate for Faith Lutheran, especially when six are in the last four minutes," Crusaders Coach Rich Fiore said. "We're just looking forward to the playoffs. We've got to put this one behind us and get ready for Bonanza on Thursday."